Thank you for visiting our Huntington Beach shop for our Fifth Annual
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Wednesday March 21 thru Saturday March 24This is our largest sale of the year,
and won't be repeated until next year...
Save 20-70% Across the Board!

BIG HAMMER
SOFT PLASTICS

To order from this page just make your
selections and click on the "Add to Cart" button
or the "Buy" link. If you run into
difficulties please make use of our toll-free
line and give us a call. Our phone numbers, fax
and email addresses are posted at the
bottom of this page.

Orders over $150 are shipped
FREE!* Orders less than $150 are billed for shipping. Upon placing your order you'll receive an
immediate confirmation via email. You are not billed at that time, the
confirming email may not reflect oversize or
overweight charges or other issues requiring
direct contact. We process
orders manually, preferring to have a human
actually check things over and contact you
should there be questions. Within 24
hours of placing your order you will receive a
follow-up email confirmation and final invoice (pdf doc) reflecting your total charges
(Monday-Friday). You are not billed until we actually send you your final invoice.
Orders shipped to CA addresses will have California Sales Taxes applied, out
of state orders are tax free. During the
ordering process you can select expedited
shipping if required. The Free Shipping offer
applies to ONE standard size/weight box going to
ONE address. Orders requiring more than one box
will have additional shipping fees for the
second box. (Within the USA
we usually ship via Federal Express ground. International,
and oversize/weight items will be billed for
shipping and you will be sent an emailed invoice reflecting total charges
prior to actual billing. We will not ship
without you having had a chance to review the
invoice). Hawaii and Alaska shipping will be
accomplished using USPS Priority service, and
our standard shipping cost policy will apply
unless the item ordered does not fit in their
standard size boxes. If additional shipping fees
are required we will contact you.)

There are no finer swimbaits made. Big Hammer designs the best,
and they've been the ones used by most of the guys who know what
they're doing inshore and offshore, the guys that know how to fish
and always seem to bet bit best use Big Hammer. Why? Could be that
big square tail, could be the color patterns - simply the best and
most varied on the market. That's why they've been the most
imitated.

We didn't always carry Big Hammer, but we
were pretty well "hammered" by our clients to bring 'em in...which
we did many years ago. Based on demand, effectiveness and BH's
ability to stay on top of product development they've been our
number one swimbait line since we began carrying them.

Pattern

Description

Price
Per Lure

Buy

Price Per 5 Pack

Buy

#40
Invader/Sandbass Special

Sandbass
Special 3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

4" DISCONTINUED

Sandbass Special 5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

#4 Key Lime

Key Lime 3
inch

$0.69

$2.99

Key Lime
4
inch

$0.99

$3.99

Key Lime
5
inch

$1.29

$4.99

Key Lime
6.5
inch

$1.59

$6.69

#15 Spottie Special

Spottie Special 3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Spottie Special 4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

#63 Bay Smelt

Bay Smelt
3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Bay Smelt
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Bay Smelt
5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

#109 Sexy Smelt

Sexy Smelt
3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Sexy Smelt
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Sexy Smelt
5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Sexy Smelt
6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#7 Pacific 'Chovie

Pacific 'Chovie 3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Pacific 'Chovie 4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Pacific 'Chovie 5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Pacific 'Chovie 6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#38 Blue Shad

Pacific 'Chovie 3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Blue Shad
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Blue Shad
5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Blue Shad
6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#100 Red Drum

Fongfish
3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Red Drum
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Red Drum
5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Red Drum
6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#64 Senorita

Senorita
3
inch

$0.69

$2.99

Senorita
4
inch

$0.99

$3.99

Senorita
5
inch

$1.29

$4.99

Senorita
6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#5 Halloween

Halloween
3
inch

$0.69

$2.99

Halloween
4
inch

$0.99

$3.99

Halloween
5
inch

$1.29

$4.99

Halloween
6.5
inch

$1.59

$6.69

#47 Christmas Tree

Christmas
Tree 3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Christmas
Tree 4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Christmas
Tree 5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Christmas
Tree 6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#20 Toast

Toast
3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Toast
4 inch

DISCONTINUED

Toast
5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Toast
6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

#110 Silver Shad(as below with metal
flake)

Silver Shad
3 inch

$0.69

$2.99

Silver Shad
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

5" DISCONTINUED

Luminescent Glow

Lumo Glow
3
inch

$0.69

$2.99

Lumo Glow
4
inch

$0.99

$3.99

Pearl White

Pearl
4 inch

$0.99

$3.99

Pearl 5 inch

$1.29

$4.99

Pearl 6.5 inch

$1.59

$6.69

Flat White - Stipers!

3" DISCONTINUED

White
4
inch

$0.99

$3.99

SLEDGE HAMMERS

Over
the past couple years a new style of fishing
plastics for BIG Calico Bass has emerged.
There are some variations to the game, but
usually guys are fishing BIG slugs on or very
near the surface of the kelp paddies and
stringers and swimming the slug over the top,
dropping down in the holes, and sliding
through the kelp to hook the big bass that
lurk there as the apex predators. And, often
folks are rewarded with a very nice white
seabass. That's not uncommon at all. This past
year we've seen folks doing a couple other
interesting things to further refine this
productive technique. For one, many anglers
are rigging up "kelp-cutter" rigs. These are
basically smaller reels loaded with Spectra,
often 65#, topped off with a VERY SHORT leader
at times 3 feet. The Spectra is used to help
saw off the kelp as the lure becomes snagged,
or once you've got a hookup to help slice
through the kelp so the fish can be brought
back in. (Some of the white seabass guys are
doing the same, for exactly the same reason).
A further refinement has come from applying
freshwater bass style leadheads that are made
weedless. With the weedless head fishing is a
lot more enjoyable, productive, and effective.
So, the hot bassers in saltwater are
innovating techniques much like their
freshwater brothers, and coming up with the
same solutions. For our clients back in Texas
who are reading this, yes, it's a lot like
fish'n the timber. Structure is structure,
fish orient to that structure for safety and
as cover for predatory strikes on other
unsuspecting critters as dinner.

Big
Hammer's Sledge Hammer is a further refinement
of the big slug style bait. They made this
long bodied swimbait with a tail, however. The
tail provides some kick to the lure, and there
are times when that's more than a little
helpful. But, I'd say 50% of the time folks
are cutting off the tail and fishing it just
like a slug.

From Big Hammer: "In
2010 Big Hammer released the "Sledge
Hammer™". Designed to fish shallow inshore
structure where big, mean "boiler bass" call
home. The long skinny design of the 9 inch
Sledge Hammer™ swimbait imitates the large
bait fish such as smelt and mackerel that are
frequently found in these "skinny water"
areas. Basically just an elongated version of
Big Hammer's 5½ inch swimbait, the new Sledge
Hammer has proven to be much more versatile
than originally planned. It swims very well
on the sink or drop making it a good deeper
water bait as well. In addition to that it
can be rigged weedless with a wide gap hook
and used like a ripbait or "slashbait" (with
the tail intact) or as a slug (with the tail
removed)."

The
bait is part of the equation, the leadhead
another part of the program. There are a few
leadheads out there that can work for this
style of fishing. Also the new Eagle Claw
Trokar KelpTrick and Swimbait hooks can be
used for great success.

Buy

Description

Price

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Red
Calico Hunter

$2.79

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Christmas
Tree

$2.79

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Blue Shad

$2.79

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Bleeding
Mackerel

$2.79

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Sexy
Smelt

$2.79

Big Hammer Sledge Hammer Silver
Shad

$2.79

Perch Grubs

For
inshore surf fishing Big Hammer's Perch Grubs
are a basic part of what we fish. Corbina, bass
and surf perch will gobble 'em with gusto.
Typically guys fish these small grubs on a
leadhead or better yet a small #4 thin wire hook
with sliding egg sinker. Grubs are packed 25
per bag, and they have a length of 1
3/4 inches
@$2.49.

If
you are trying to reach us after 5pm weekdays or
weekends, our Huntington Beach shop staff can assist. *
1-800-823-4243*

Please note: We're closed major holidays,
both our offices and our shops.New Years, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving & Christmas. We reserve the right to
take off early if there's a great local bite...

Orders over $150 are shipped FREE!* Orders
less than $150 are billed for shipping. Upon
placing your order you'll receive an immediate
confirmation via email. You are not billed at
that time, the confirming email may not reflect
oversize or overweight charges or other issues
requiring direct contact. We process orders
manually, preferring to have a human actually
check things over and contact you should there
be questions. Within 24 hours of placing your
order you will receive a follow-up email
confirmation and final invoice (pdf doc)
reflecting your total charges (Monday-Friday).
You are not billed until we actually send you
your final invoice. Orders shipped to CA
addresses will have California Sales Taxes
applied, out of state orders are tax free.
During the ordering process you can select
expedited shipping if required. (Within the USA
we usually ship via Federal Express ground.
International, and oversize/weight items will be
billed for shipping and you will be sent an
emailed invoice reflecting total charges prior
to actual billing. We will not ship without you
having had a chance to review the invoice).
Hawaii and Alaska shipping will be accomplished
using USPS Priority service, and our standard
shipping cost policy will apply unless the item
ordered does not fit in their standard size
boxes. If additional shipping fees are required
we will contact you.)

As a means to
reduce spam, we change the above incoming email
addresses regularly.
Please don't bother adding them to your address
book. We do apologize for any inconvenience
this policy creates. But, it's the only way we've found
to post an email address on-line and not receive so many
solicitations from some family member of a deceased
"Nigerian" leader trying to move great sums of $
out of the country...

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